Lauren Hodges

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Lauren Hodges |Patrick Jarenwattananon |Juana Summers

A former employee of the Department of Government Efficiency says that he found that the federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were "relatively nonexistent" during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs. "I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was," Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.

3 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Lauren Hodges |Patrick Jarenwattananon |Juana Summers

Updated June 05, 2025 at 10:31 AM ETA former employee of the Department of Government Efficiency says that he found that the federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were "relatively nonexistent" during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs. "I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was," Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.